AIDS Alliance invites you to participate in a free webinar focusing on the impact that gender-based violence has on women and HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and treatment programs. Join us as we raise awareness of emotional and physical violence against women and examine the intersection of violence and HIV.
Stigma plays a role in the lives of women affected by violence and HIV, but it is their intersection that is often overlooked. The risk of HIV infection among women who have experienced violence is up to three times greater than for women who have not been abused. Whether you are working with HIV-positive clients or victims of violence, this webinar will examine their intersection and address how providers can better serve and support these women.

WEBCAST: Awareness to Action: What adults can do to prevent child sexual abuse

Join Sarita Hudson and Yvonne Cournoyer of Stop It Now! as they share tips and ideas for taking action individually and in your community. In this introductory session, you'll learn about
• Stop It Now!'s unique approach to prevention
• Research on what US adults think about child sexual abuse and what it means for taking action
• Practical steps you can take to prevent abuse before a child is harmed

If you are a Registered Nurse, Advanced Practice Nurse, Physician Assistant or Physician who has not completed any SANE/SAFE training this FREE training and clinical workship is for you!

Through a grant from the National Institute of Justice, IAFN has developed an adolescent/adult, web-based Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner (SAFE) training curriculum that will be offered through a series of web-based and clinical modules completed over a 15 week period of time. The 40 hour didactic training will be followed by a two-day, 16 hour clinical skills workshop. The course will be offered four times between 2011 and 2012, allowing for a maximum of 75 clinicians per training. Overall this project will train 300 clinicians. The entire training will be offered at no cost to the participants.

Apply now as the deadline to apply for Course 1 (September 12 through December 14, 2011) is July 22!

Responding to sexual violence on college campuses can present some unique challenges; it can also open up a number of opporunities for collaboration. In this upcoming webinar, we will learn about the ins and outs of the sexual assault advocacy work happening at Western Washington University (WWU) in Bellingham, Washington - including information on the way sin which this program was able to successfully build and maintain a strong partnership with their local community sexual assault program.

The objectives of this webinar are to:

Explore Western Washinton University's campus based response to sexual violence.

Identify potential campus based responses to a report of sexual assault.

Give examples of successful partnerships between campus based and community advocates and programs; offering tips, tools, and examples on ways your community and campus based programs can also successfully develop and enhance their partnerships.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact Trisha at trisha@wcsap.org.

This collaborative webinar between AALNC and IAFN will present information about how to establish yourself as a nurse expert, maintaining your expertise, what information to include on your CV, how to contract for your services, how to find and evaluate the credentials of potential nurse experts and the impact of recent court cases on expert testimony.

On July 20, 2011, at 2 p.m. (eastern time), the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) will present a Web Forum discussion with Ben Saunders, Ph.D., and Phelan Wyrick, Ph.D., on best practices for integrating evidence-based practices into victim services. Dr. Saunders is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, where he also serves as Associate Director of the National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center and Director of the center’s Family and Child Program. Dr. Wyrick is a Senior Advisor to the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). In this role, he leads OJP’s Evidence Integration Initiative, which provides tools and information to help justice practitioners and policymakers understand, access, and integrate evidence-based practices into their work.

This webinar training will provide attendees a general overview of strategic litigation as a tool to achieve legal and social change through test cases. The presenters will provide examples of previously litigated test cases that have proven successful in advancing victims’ rights and will discuss key victims’

For the past several years, the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse (INPEA) has observed World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) on June 15th.

This year, in recognition of WEAAD on June 15th, the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, the National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life, UC Irvine Center of Excellence on Elder Abuse & Neglect, Casa de Esperanza, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center and Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders invite you to listen to a blogtalkradio session at 1pm EST and participate in a webinar at 3pm EST to learn more about this issue. You will be able to participate in one or both activities.

Since the 2003 passage of the Prison Rape Elimination Act, the issue of sexual abuse behind bars has gained attention among many corrections and government officials, and some community-based victim advocates and medical professionals. However, too often victims of sexual abuse in detention still face extreme barriers in receiving proper medical, crisis intervention, and mental health services. This webinar will address the unique dynamics of sexual abuse in detention and how medical professionals, victim advocates and community-based Sexual Assault Response Teams can address teh unique needs of incarcerated victims. The webinar will include information about the prevalence of sexual abuse in both adult and juvenile facilities, barriers to victims' recovery, best practices for providing crisis intervention and counseling to victims, and the importance of prison-based SARTs.

The National Protocol for Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations is based on the concept of delivering high quality, victim centered care for all sexual assault victims. Transgendered Victims of sexual violence have their own unique issues that may complicate their care. Michael Munson and Loree Cook-Daniels from FORGE will present this webinar on caring for transgender patients. Come join us at 2pm, Eastern, Thursday, June 30th. This webinar is a part of the SAFEta webinar series on Victim Centered Care. The project is a cooperative agreement between the Office on Violence Against Women and the International Association of Forensic Nurses (IAFN).

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